That NYT Report covered the largest forest fire in US history, which occurred only 4 years after Teddy Roosevelt formed the U.S. Forest Service on the promise that there would never be any monster fires again. Over 300 people died. You can read all about it–and about the formation of the US Forest Service–in the book “The Big Burn,” by Timothy Eagan. It’s also fun reading about how Teddy Roosevelt and the first Forest Service Chief (Gifford Pinchot) delighted in trying to beat the hell out of each other in the boxing ring!